538 Riots
As Philip said, if some people don't jump out of the way, there is no reason for Roque to want to do it.
Although the federal government has given a lot of care to the Boers after its establishment, there are still many Boers who believe that the current federal government is a thief, stealing everything that originally belonged to the Boers, and then throwing some small profits to the Boers, and hoping that the Boers will be grateful, which is simply impossible.
Some officials, including those within the federal government, may have argued that Johannesburg's gold mines should belong to the Boers and that the gold mined should be shared by all Boers.
For the same reason, they would also argue that the Transvaal farms also belonged to the Boers, and that without the British annexation, the Boers would still enjoy a leisurely and prosperous rural life.
As well as Ziwei College, if it were not for Roque's control, then the admission quota of Ziwei College should also belong to all Boers, and not be divided between whites and Chinese as it is now.
If you think so, then the current southern Africa is based on the plundering of the Boers, and it has the current flowers.
Some people don't think at all, they don't reflect, maybe not they won't, but they don't want to, and they don't admit that if it were the Transvaal Republic, then Ziwei College wouldn't have existed at all, the farms around Johannesburg wouldn't have changed dramatically, and even the Rand gold mines wouldn't have been as productive as they are now.
The last thing is for sure, without Roque, the Roque gold mine would not have been discovered until 1939, and the current RAND Bank, which was originally founded on the gold in the basement of the Roque gold mine, would not have been able to start a lot of Roque's investment, and the industry of southern Africa would not have been able to talk about it.
"You have to pay attention to Johannesburg, there are people who are trying to form workers' associations, which will have a significant impact on the gold mines in Johannesburg." Philip reminded Roque that the workers' associations were the natural enemies of the capitalists.
"I know."
"You know?"
"Yes, I know!" Roque has everything under control, and Brad's office is not a vegetarian.
Don't look at the Roque people in Nyasaland, but know the situation in Johannesburg very well, this association was started by two Boers, one named Phoebe Lasker and the other named Sean Nehemea.
Phoebe Lasker was a mine owner during the Transvaal Republic, and after the Boer War, Phoebe Lasker's gold mine was bought by Xiaosi at a low price, and Phoebe Lasker later entered politics and is now a member of the Orange Parliament.
Sean Nehemeyer, a Cambridge graduate, returned to Bloemfontein five years ago to open a law firm, and is now a well-known lawyer in Orange and a member of Parliament in Orange.
Because the majority of Orange's population is Boer, Roque has been keeping an eye on Orange, and the two men have been under the surveillance of Brad's office.
About a month ago, just after the Umbrella Company's military operation against the Port of Medan, Phoebe Lasker and Sean Nehemaya began advocating in the newspapers for the establishment of workers' associations in southern Africa to protect workers' interests.
This suggestion had a market only in Orange, and did not cause any repercussions outside of Orange, where other newspapers were not even interested in discussing it.
In fact, there are workers' associations in southern Africa, and they were established very early, before the outbreak of the Boer War, but this workers' association is different from the workers' association proposed by Phoebe Lasker, the official name of the Southern African Workers' Association is the Association of Engineers, and its members are mainly technical personnel for all enterprises in southern Africa.
The workers' association proposed by Phoebe Lasker was aimed at the Johannesburg gold mines, most of whom were Zulu, who were not even recognized by the federal government as citizens of southern Africa, so they were naturally not eligible to become members of the association.
The Association of Engineers in Southern Africa, the main purpose is to train more technicians for Southern Africa, in Southern Africa, there is a large shortage of electrical engineers and mechanical engineers, the Association of Engineers has training courses for engineers in Little Rock, Salisbury, Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Cape Town, all those who are interested in the profession of engineers can go to the training courses, and all courses are free, and the Institute of Engineers provides funding for the operation of the training courses.
Over the years, the Society of Southern African Engineers has trained thousands of engineers for Southern Africa, and with more than 50,000 full members, it is the second largest civil society organization in Southern Africa, after the Southern African Rifle Association.
Also just look at the name, the Southern African Rifle Association is a non-governmental organization supported by the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group, the size of this organization is nearly one million people, almost all farmers in southern Africa are members of the Rifle Association, the Rifle Association will provide regular training for members to improve the ability of members to use various weapons, all shops selling weapons in Southern Africa are also members of the Rifle Association, and members can enjoy discounts that only members have when buying weapons in gun shops.
"The Dutch colonial rule in the East Indies is crumbling, so it's normal for the Dutch to incite the Boers in Orange to make trouble, and now it's all small minions that are jumping out, and I want to wait and see if there are any big fish on the bait." Roque doesn't need to hide it from Philip, as a member of the Matilda family, Roque and Philip both prosper and lose.
The Boers are the descendants of the Dutch, and the grievances between Britain and the Netherlands have a long history, although the Boers are now British nationals, but there must be some Boers who sympathize with the Dutch, and the East Indies are now a fuse, and Roque doesn't know how far things will go, so wait and see.
"Pay attention to the control and don't make too much of an impact." Philip had a request that Roque could cast a long line to catch big fish, but not to cause bad effects.
"I know—" Roque is measured, and will keep the impact in Orange and not in the surrounding area.
After all, the Boers in Orange have limited influence, the Cape is a reserved territory for the British, the Zulus and the Boers in Basutoland are also feuding, and the Boers have little influence in the Transvaal and Bechuana, so even if the situation in Orange deteriorates, it will not deteriorate much.
After all, most Boers have accepted the status quo, and the ambitious Boers have been consumed by the Boer War, that is, some Boers who have lost power after the war, but are not willing to be lonely, are still looking for opportunities, but with the development of southern Africa, these Boers have fewer and fewer opportunities.
While Roque and Philippe were strolling, a dozen Boers were half-drunk in a bar in the centre of Bloemfontein.
"We should start a riot so that the outside world can really hear our voices, instead of hiding in a dark corner like a rat and feeling sorry for ourselves, the British have taken everything from us, those yellow monkeys have stolen our farms, our children don't even have the right to education, the federal government has never faced up to our Boer demands, Orange has not enjoyed the care of the federal government, we must take the initiative to stand up for our own interests!" Phoebe Lasque is a tall, middle-aged fat man, he has severe baldness, a standard Mediterranean hairstyle, and has a serious beer belly due to alcoholism, and now his eyes are a little red from alcohol.
"Phoebe, calm down, we should make our demands through peaceful means." Sean Nehemiah didn't drink much, he wore a pair of short-sighted glasses with gold wire frames, his body was a little thin, and he was huddled in a large sofa, like a poisonous snake hidden in the shadows to choose people to eat.
"Nothing will come of it in a peaceful way, we have already put forward our claims in the newspapers, and as you can see, except for the newspapers in Orange, the other newspapers are not even interested in discussing it, they don't really care about our demands at all, some damn guy controls the newspaper with the largest circulation in the Federation, the newspapers don't publish news against him at all, we all know who controls the gold mines in Johannesburg, and the Mining Union is a damn accomplice, Will those guys who spend all day drinking with the gold that is supposed to belong to us return the gold mine to us? No, I should have blown up the mine in the first place, not sold it cheaply. On the eve of the Boer War, Phoebe Lasker fled to the Netherlands for refuge, only to return to Southern Africa and have to sell the gold mine to the De Beers Mining Company.
The thought of Phoebe Lasker's gold mine now shining in the hands of De Beers Unified Mining Company, with one of the highest annual gold production of any gold mine in Johannesburg, makes Phoebe Lasker's heart ache.
"Mr. Lasker, you ought to listen to Mr. Nehmeya's advice." Someone next to him immediately persuaded that the secret police in southern Africa were everywhere, and if Phoebe Lasker's words got out, everyone present would be in trouble.
"Listen to me, gentlemen, remember the volunteers from Europe during the war? They are ready again, as soon as we start a riot, more and more volunteers will join, southern Africa has expanded over the years, it has become a public enemy of the surrounding area, and now there is a lack of the person who will raise his arms. Phoebe Lasker was raising her arms and shouting, but few people responded, so the scene was a little awkward.
"Phoebe, it's not the situation before the war." Sean Nehemiah is helpless, no one can do anything to meet this kind of pig teammate.